Critical Futures

Joquina Reed is a J.E.D.I (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) practitioner and the founding steward of J Reed Consulting LLC. She holds an M.A. in Communication Studies and formerly held a dual faculty administrator role at Louisiana State University as the Director of Forensics. It has been her most profound honor to be an aunt, educator, published researcher, conference presenter, and keynote speaker. She is also the creator behind the Divesting from Whiteness and Please Say Black podcasts and the curator of The Anti-Blackness Reader project.

Every day she wakes up committed to moving us all closer to the goal line of shared humanity. As a lifelong learner and educator, she affirms the words of her great ancestor, Anna Julia Cooper, “The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class – it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.” As a DEI practitioner with a justice-oriented approach, she is fully invested in helping individuals and organizations identify their cultural incompetence and biases, assess organization structure, design interventions, and move forward with holistic strategies that support organic change.

She lives and works on the unceded territory of the Houma and Chahta Yakni (Choctaw) peoples.

Highlighted Work:

• Website: joquinareed.com
• J Reed Consulting LLC
• Podcast: Divesting from Whiteness
• Podcast: Please Say Black
• The Anti-Blackness Reader project

Website + Services: https://www.jreedconsultingllc.com/